Finally, consider the rise of live sonar, such as Garmin Panoptix
On the water, pin your bait right through the back about an inch forward of the tail
The pieces can be made modular, in the different sections, with a Surgeons Loop on each end
In general, long-shanked hooks (with a longer bit to grab above the actual hook) are much easier to remove than short-shanked hooks, although the latter may present One study showed that striped bass hooked with a circle hook were 11 times as likely to survive than those that were caught with "J" hooks
In the strong current the fish werent able to absorb the lure well enough and this resulted in a lot of missed fish or bent hooks
Down-view gives me a lifelike image of structure with photographic detail